According to the National Park Service, more than 237 million people visited a National Park last year
It’s a 28% drop from 2019 where 327.5 million visited the parks, likely due to COVID-related closures
For the 77th consecutive year, Great Smoky Mountains National Park along the Tennessee-North Carolina border was the most-visited park
About 12.1 million people visited the park last year, a decrease from 12.5 million the previous year.
Top Ten Most Visited National Parks in 2020
1 Great Smoky Mountains National Park (12.1 million)
2 Yellowstone National Park (3.8 million)
3 Zion National Park, Utah (3.6 million)
4 Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado (3.3 million)
5 Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (3.3 million)
6 Grand Canyon National Park (2.9 million)
7 Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio (2.8 million)
8 Acadia National Park, Maine (2.7 million)
9 Olympic National Park, Washington State (2.5 million)
10 Joshua Tree National Park, California (2.4 million)